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That was revealed by Stephen Glicker at Roll for Combat more than a year ago. He's a publisher and in one of WOTC's documents it stated...

Being compatible doesn't mean being the same game. 5.5 is a much worse version in many aspects than the already not-so-good 5e.

lol! lmao, even This whole thread is hilarious. There is a lot of cope coming from certain people who liked to argue about this...

Objectively, those folks were "right" the entire time. 5.5 was never just 5E. This move by WotC just brings the nomenclature in line...

I do wonder whether this has anything to do with the recent staffing changes at WotC - could be someone in the old team was adamantly...

You’ve seen several Kickstarters forced to release a 2014 version and a 2024 version? Really?

As long as people can easily distinguish the original from the abomination, the name doesn't really matter.

Recognizing that the toothpaste is out of the tube a bit late, wouldn't you say? Now they look like bigger fools than before.

I'm discovering 5.5E is about as compatible with 5E as 3.5E was about as compatible with 3E. Which is to say DM can handwave the...

Who didnt think that? ENworlds about the only place calling it 2024

Ah, see I just never accepted their party line. "Do not believe your eyes, trust us." is just not going to cut it these days. I'm not...

It isn't all compatible. There were reams of different rules for Classes, Backgrounds, spells, and the like between editions. You could...

I have no idea why anyone cares.

Its a mess for nobody, everyone knew what 5.5 meant, and now Wizards has just made the logical acknowledgment of what everyone else has...